title: The role of family support and parental monitoring as mediators in Mexican American adolescent drinking.
abstract: This study contributes to the current gap in the literature on drinking behaviors among Mexican American youth by exploring the role of family relationships as a mediator against alcohol use. This is a secondary analysis of data from a nationally representative study on Adolescent Health (ADD Health) collected in 1995 and focuses on a sample (n = 1,424) of Mexican American teens across the United States. Analysis of the data utilizes multiple regression to identify risks and protective factors of adolescent drinking in Mexican American youth. The study's implications and limitations are noted and important areas for future research are considered.
authors.affiliation: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Social Sciences and Human Services , New York, New York , USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagan Rivera
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Depaulo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States